Poor battery life

ajayb21 · May 16, 2014

Hi there,

I've had my Google Nexus 5 for a few weeks now and the battery life on it seems to be very hit and miss. Sometimes it'll make it through the day ok and others it won't. Today I haven't really used my phone very much and the battery is already down to 17%! I've followed the suggestions in the forum but any ideas as to what is causing this? I don't have my email set to push (I just check it when I need to), Facebook isn't set to automatically get notifications, Google Now is off (and the location settings are set to preserve battery) but I'm puzzled as to how the battery life is so bad. In terms of brightness, it's set down to around 20%.

My old Samsung S3 was never this bad!

Zepius · May 16, 2014

use GSAM or better battery stats to find what is keeping your phone awake.

danarama · May 16, 2014

There were no other battery threads to post this in?

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ajayb21 · May 16, 2014

Apologies, I should have posted this in another battery post. Do I have to be rooted to use better battery stats?

Nucleonic · May 16, 2014

Your cellular signal looks low. Your phone could be spending a lot of time hunting for a tower. Try using WiFi. You can also try putting your phone into either airplane mode or turn cellular data off.

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Darth · May 16, 2014

You don't need root for gsam, tho with root you get more useful stats.

just a guess, but I agree, your Poor signal is likely destroying your battery.

bblzd · May 16, 2014

I'd have to agree with others based on the minimal amount of information provided. Low signal + Google services (Auto Sync, etc.) trying to use that low signal is going to eat through any phones battery no matter how big.

ajayb21 · Jun 5, 2014

Ok so I used Greenify to clear out any apps that I thought could have been causing the battery drain but to no avail. I've also installed GSAM battery monitor and that reports my battery usage as 5% per hour. The funny thing is I've come from a Samsung S3 which only had a 2100mah battery and my Nexus 5 gets nowhere near that in terms of battery life.

Zepius · Jun 5, 2014

ajayb21 said:
Ok so I used Greenify to clear out any apps that I thought could have been causing the battery drain but to no avail. I've also installed GSAM battery monitor and that reports my battery usage as 5% per hour. The funny thing is I've come from a Samsung S3 which only had a 2100mah battery and my Nexus 5 gets nowhere near that in terms of battery life.

apps do not make a difference if your signal is garbage.

based on the 2 screen shots you provided, your signal is crap and eating your battery.

ajayb21 · Jun 5, 2014

Hi there,

Thank you for your reply. I'm working at a place where the signal is much better (at least 3 bars) and still the battery drain is high.

Zepius said:
apps do not make a difference if your signal is garbage.

based on the 2 screen shots you provided, your signal is crap and eating your battery.

Zepius · Jun 5, 2014

ajayb21 said:
Hi there,

Thank you for your reply. I'm working at a place where the signal is much better (at least 3 bars) and still the battery drain is high.

yet you still wont provide us more than the 2 screenshots.

i've asked for GSAM or betterybatterystats and you have provided neither.

until i see differently, your signal sucks and is killing your battery.

Darth · Jun 5, 2014

We do need gsam or equivalent screen shots. Or you will only get guesses as replies.

Let's get those shots and get it solved.

toanau · Jun 5, 2014

Root your phone. Install slimkat Rom and Use greenify. on average day I get around 3 hours of SOT

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ajayb21 · Jun 5, 2014

Apologies. I'll post some screenshots when I've used it a bit more.

ajayb21 · Jun 5, 2014

As requested.

Zepius · Jun 5, 2014

i see nothing really wrong. you have 3 hrs of SoT which is more than acceptable.

PsychDrummer · Jun 5, 2014

Zepius said:
i see nothing really wrong. you have 3 hrs of SoT which is more than acceptable.

But that's 3 hours out of 7 hours of up time. Maybe if it was 3 hours of SoT and around 12-15 hours up.

Darth · Jun 5, 2014

ajayb21 said:
As requested.

If you click phone radio in gsam... It shows you time looking for signal.

Anyway, its your signal. It doesn't show up as big usage on any app. you're signal is very poor. That's your issue.

Not a lot you can do. Except turn off data. Or use WiFi. Or even airplane mode.

That's about it.

Nothing will save your battery with data on with such a low signal.

ajayb21 · Jun 6, 2014

Thank you all for your feedback. I'll try using the Wi-Fi and switching off data and see if that helps.

Darth · Jun 6, 2014

ajayb21 said:
Thank you all for your feedback. I'll try using the Wi-Fi and switching off data and see if that helps.

You have normal and low awake time....so almost the only other possibility is radio signal. Or a rogue and sneaky app. Is location services on? That's usually what rogue apps interact with to cause bad drain. Just if that's the case, android o/s is usually real high. The last thing is screen brightness...if its real bright it will drain fast.

Try WiFi.....then look at those other options I said.

Good luck! ?

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